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Analysts and media will be commenting various aspects of the speech UK Prime Minister Theresa May gave in Florence on Friday (22 September 2017) in an attempt to give a new impetus – or to salvage – the ongoing Article 50 negotiations towards Britain’s exit from the EU. On …

Britain is heading straight into the ‘cliff edge’ scenario. It’s time for both Britain and the EU to significantly change tack before it’s too late and Armageddon sets in, argues Iana Dreyer. Both the United Kingdom and the European Union are aiming for a “smooth” and “orderly” withdrawal …

All the current talk about ‘regulating’ globalisation in Europe could lead to short-sighted protectionist policies. Corinne Vadcar outlines some pathways to make the most of openness and digitalisation.

As EU Japan free trade negotiations reach a decisive stage, MEP Pedro Silva Pereira sets out a European Parliament view on how the last phase of the talks should be conducted and what the final deal should include. The EU’s current top trade priority is concluding the EU Japan free …

The European Parliament and the member states are about to launch trilogue negotiations on the modernisation of trade defence instruments, a package of reform measures launched almost four years ago. Christofer Fjellner asks whether one of the reforms’ central planks, lifting a so-called lesser duty rule, will really offer more …

The UK could end up being grateful to the EU for refusing to talk about their future trade deal just now. This gives Britain some time to start thinking about a real economic and trade policy strategy. By Iana Dreyer.

With Donald Trump in office in Washington, it is time for Europeans to lead on trade. This would also start with stopping public funding of anti trade agreement campaigners, who find themselves strange bedfellows with the far right and with Trump himself, argues Nikos Lavranos.

It is time for the Commission to let antidumping duties and its ‘price undertaking’ on Chinese solar panels expire. The measures do not help the EU achieve it climate goals, argues Christofer Fjellner. The EU is extending its duties on solar panels from China. These antidumping tariffs are not only an …

As a ‘hard’ Brexit looms, reviving TTIP could help bridge the gap between the EU, the UK and the US, argues Peter Chase. As the United Kingdom edges towards a ‘hard Brexit’ in 2019, incoming United States president Donald Trump’s curious embrace of Brexit and the much-maligned but yet-to-be …